In Search of My Body - Not the One I Ate, VOL 8...It's Never Too Late To Start Again!

[HockeyKat]

It was $120, came to $128ish with tax. More than my entire hockey season!

 

[eowensby]

Thanks! we're going to register in a couple of weeks.

 

[HockeyKat]

I would advocate registering now. It is 92% full, and up from 85% full on Friday....

Oh, I forgot... they have a 2-person team option that is $250. I am not sure what that means? Might be a relay-type thing?

 

[lisaviolet]

Hi!

Okay from last thread:

Liz! Oh Liz! I sighed. Yes you do own your body and more than that I love that you agreed with me! I LOVED THAT! I'm so envious and I can't even tell you how envious I am. One day.

Ronda - shoot maybe this was from this thread. Oh well. You can see such a difference in you. Thanks for the pictures. I just was so happy to see your medal. Congratulations again.

Kelly! Are you okay? That was quite a Patriot's loss there.
Did you give any special present for such a supreme heartbreak? Ignore me - really ignore me - just being cheeky and having fun.

Paula - I meant every word Paula. And I've missed you.

Kat! That's it - Kat!!!!!!! Congratulations on the loss there Kat!

I'm very happy that your daily goals are working overtime for you guys.

Okay - off to reread and try to remember what I have to post for an intro.

 

[adsrtw]

My contacts froze to my eyes walking across campus tonight facing the wind. What??? It killed me to be good tonight, but I only had the roast Turkey, broccoli and corn.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Me and my manager from work have a funeral to go to on Thursday - for a 5 year old boy. Its so freakin' sad it makes me sick Im dreading it.

Kelly! That is so, so awful.

We love Glee too. No surprise really, since that pretty much is my daughters life these days.

So, I registered for the half today.



I am so screwed.

You'll be fine Kat. Really. You can totally do this

 

[lisaviolet]

Lisaviolet - Lisa
Age: 42
Height: 5'10"
Weight: Last weigh-in 221
Personal Stats:
I hate this part. Sighing. Missing downtown (how incredibly postive of me to start off the year like this!
Favorite Park: Any that I actually enter.
Passions: Travel - hmm travel - let me see travel. Taking pictures. Road trips. Oh I how I love road trips! Bballl - watching. Tennis - I used to live on a tennis court would love to get back.
Important to know: Gosh sighing again. I really shouldn't have done this today.
Weight loss plan and goals: None. I've lost 75 over many years. And my plan is to let everything just go. This year is just about accepting me now and of course hoping it's a smaller me. But whatever will be - will be. That's how I lost half my weight. It just came off with emotional work. I want to pay attention to how I feel and how my jeans feel and that's about it.

Awesome Liz! I wanted to make sure we had a spot, just in case! I'm going to steal your snippets.

Wow! Look at how far we have come!

New Year - New Start! Surely I am stealing some company's slogan.

For me, 2010 is a pivotal year. It's the year I turn 35 and the year I take my life back. So many of you enjoy my philosophical talks, so hear comes another one:

This is MY year. Finally, I'm putting myself first. I have to and I owe it to myself and my family. This year, I am participating in my first Half Marathon with a handful of dear-to-my-heart women. This year, I am not going to work myself to death. I know it will be there for me tomorrow and I will enjoy the fruits of my labor. This year, I might be lonely, but I will never be alone. I will continue to enjoy the thrill of the hunt. I won't be upset when I am judged and deemed unworthy because of one picture by those silly boys. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so maybe that beholder needs an eye exam. This year I will find an upgrade of me.

And my vital stats:
adsrtw aka:EE and Amiee
Age: 34
Height: 5'4
Weight: 193
Personal Stats:
Two kiddos - Ryan 10, Taylor 5
Reside in Evansville, IN
Favorite Park: Magic Kingdom, I get goosebumps when I get my first glimpse of the castle
But I Love: Star Tours, yes that herky jerky ride. Rode it with my kids no less than 10 times this summer. I will never forget how much they both laughed.
Passions: Paranormal Romance (vampires, shape-shifters, if it's smut, I like it). Great coffee
Weight loss plan and goals: I want to lose an additional 55 lbs. I started losing weight to avoid being put on meds for insulin issues. With some work, I got that issue under control. I beat it! I beat a possible future of earning myself full blown diabetes because of my weight. I slipped a little recently, but I am back on track now.

I loved this Amiee.

Can I join in, too?

Eowensby: Elizabeth
Age: 30
Height: 5'7"
Weight: gosh this is so hard to type out! 280
Personal Stats: SAHM, Married to Matt 10yrs, 2 children, Hannah 7 and Nick 3. I also have an embroidery/childrenswear business that keeps me busy.
Reside in: Middle Tennessee
Favorite Park: Magic Kingdom
But I Love: Epcot
Passions: Sewing, Embroidering, planning our next WDW vacation
Weight loss plan and goals: lose 100lbs+, get healthy in that process, be a good example to my children and be around to see my great grandchildren someday, 2011 WDW Half Marathon with my hubby

Hi Elizabeth! Welcome.

The whole point

Just felt like reposting these.

Welcome! The ladies here are super supportive, not just giving you what you need to hear, but a good firm kick in the rear when you need it also. We talk about everything, and I'm still fairly new, so just jump in!



Hi all. Sorry I went MIA for a few days. Was SICK SICK SICK this weekend. Had the salad bar at work on Friday...pretty sure that was the culprit. NEVER again. Was ridiculous. Friday night I passed out....and the only way I can describe myself was unresponsive, with a 102 degree fever, and unable to move without needing to throw up. A little wary of salad now. Still no appetite. But on the upswing!

Something I TRIED to type last week but my computer ate....

I went to my best friend's little brother's (he's a senior in HS) basketball game last week. And I sat there watching these boys RUN up and down the court and I thought to myself "Look, they don't even look bothered by the fact that this is so much physical exertion." And I realized....it's because they LOVE playing. And for the first time since my athletic days in JH/HS, I missed that feeling. That feeling of pushing yourself so hard to the point of ragged breaths, because you are enjoying yourself. Because you LOVE what you're doing, and WANT to work hard. My new goal for the new year...find exercise that makes me WANT to work hard, because I enjoy it. It was such a revelation to me.

On another side note (a few of these in this post, eh? ) We found out apartment this weekend! So excited. Carlos is going to move in and get settled mid-February, and then I am goign to stay (begrudgingly) at my parent's until about April or May to finish cleaning up our finances and then move in with him. I LOVE this apartment. Last weekend, we picked out our living room set, we have everything else bought....I am beyond excited. So happy to take this first step for us together. So huge. After 7 years (contented sigh)

Yeah on the apartment Cathie. Nice.

Here are the results of our International Zhu Zhu effort!

For those new to the thread, my youngest and Lyz's youngest both wanted Zhu Zhus for Christmas...you know, the toy that was impossible to find! Well, after a hunt from NC to Canada and Maine to California--we were able to find the little critters and some of the accessories!

And on Friday of last week, I ran up to Toys R Us to return a couple of things for the girls and asked them what they wanted to exchange for...they both said they wanted more Zhu Zhus!

So behold...ZHU ZHU WORLD (that's Chunk/Jean-Claude, reigning supreme inside the house)

Look at him. My lovely Jean Claude. Look at him. He's not like his surrogate mommy - that's for sure. Look at him so front and centre (this will be the friggin' year that my hand doesn't stop cold on Cdn/UK spelling!

Ok folks. I'm going to share with you a bit of how my day has been.

First - apparently I set my alarm clock wrong last night because at 5:40am the BUZZER went off, instead of the nice soothing radio station. Rude awakening, but I'll deal.

Today is weigh in day for me. I step on the scale with great anticipation to find NOTHING. Didn't budge (yes, it's digital, no sadly it's not broken)

moving on. I pack up to go to the gym for a quick workout before I need to report to Jury Duty again, since they didn't "get to me" for interviewing on Friday. Super quick workout, shower.....when I discover that I've neglected to pack a bra. No time to go home, so I whip out the hair drier, and quick dry my sports bra and put it back on (which I am appalled to confess I am *still* wearing)

I fly down the highway to get to jury duty in the nick of time. Get out of my car and hear a fabulous hissing sound. Yep. My tire is going flat Again, no time to deal. I have to get inside.

Inside the courthouse I meet up with the 3 other "recalls" that didn't get interviewed for this trial and we are escorted back down to the shoebox size room for "holding" until we are individually called.

It's my freakin' lucky day. They want me. I get to serve as an alternate juror on a trial.

Thankfully Juan the AAA man came and changed my tire for me. I am now headed out to pick up my car from the tire place and hopefully there will be no more excitement for me today!

Oh - there is one more thing. For Lisa. I'll tell you my Target story later....

Target story. Hmmmm. Yeah I love Nancy stories.

Nancy! I know how frustrating the scale is for you. And you work you a$$ off. But please please for the love of God can this be the year that you actually look at where you are and smile and smile and smile. Please! I know how lean you are and what kind of shape you're in. I KNOW. Please a little compassion for yourself. No! Even more. Some pompous behaviour please. (I do know you want more - I do - but I would love some excitement over where you are so much more!)

so - am I the only one who immediately broke into "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"?

Did you want an answer?

 

[lisaviolet]

So, I registered for the half today. I am so screwed.

Oh Kat!

EDIT: You know it will be great. But my God you are so funny.

Good Afternoon



DisneyGalUK Aka Kelly, Bella, Anything really!

Age: 28
Height: 5'9'
Weight: 16lbs above what I would like to be!
Personal Stats:
Married for 18months to a great DH
Live in Yorkshire, UK
Favorite Park: Magic Kingdom, because theres nothing like that first glimpse of the castle.
But I Love: I secretly love Universal Islands of Adventure
Passions: My DH, Family and Friends. Reading (I read ANYTHING), music, travelling, girly nights out
Important to know: Im clumsy. I mean REALLY clumsy. I fall down on average once a week (more since the snow/ice came!), I walk into things, things fall on me - you get the picture.
I have Sciatica and Ive had operations on my back to remove a disc and repair a split disc. This is an ongoing condition and something Im still trying to learn to live with.
Weight loss plan and goals: Im loosely following WW and tracking everything. My main goal is to get healthy, for the sake of my sciatica and back problems. If I exercise, the pain will ease. It should be a no brainer but I really am struggling with it! If I exercise, eat right and drink water, then the weight loss will follow!



I agree Paula, I got goosebumps too! Great post EE!



Welcome Elizabeth!
This is a great thread! Post often about anything really!

Yesterdays goals of tracking and water went well! More of the same today combined with Pilates tonight!

Im feeling a little down today, no particular reason. Maybe the weather, maybe the fact that I fell on my bummocks on the ice this morning in front of tons of people (I owned it though, so it was fine! ), who knows. I hope I snap out of it soon - Im sure I will!

Have a great day everyone!

Kelly - how are the DVDs? I'm going to try to get you an old Classical Stretch because there were so many back sufferers on reviews. I haven't seen it for years but I'll be on the lookout!

Me and my manager from work have a funeral to go to on Thursday - for a 5 year old boy. Its so freakin' sad it makes me sick Im dreading it.

Oh that's so sad Kelly. So sad.

 

[lisaviolet]

I joined a gym today for a month. I've been there on a day pass and it was really cold which might be a sign of $$$ issues - so just for the month. I joined so that I get the he!! out of the house when I'm not working. Really the only reason. I'm really missing the city so I had to do something not to become a recluse.

And I did my own intervals - Paula bike for the cardio intervals - again which was lovely. It was lovely to be back to them.

Oh Jo - I have 30 day shred. I'm really loving the Boost Metabolism because I can pick and choose length and no weights at all - body only - works well when I'm staying down in the city.

 

[adsrtw]

Saved enough calories for a smoothie. Yum.

 

[HockeyKat]

I still have 1000 calories left for my day. Too busy to eat!! I had a WW soup for lunch and a small apple at 4PM.

Off to home and dinner...

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

I joined a gym today for a month. I've been there on a day pass and it was really cold which might be a sign of $$$ issues - so just for the month. I joined so that I get the he!! out of the house when I'm not working. Really the only reason. I'm really missing the city so I had to do something not to become a recluse.

And I did my own intervals - Paula bike for the cardio intervals - again which was lovely. It was lovely to be back to them.

Oh Jo - I have 30 day shred. I'm really loving the Boost Metabolism because I can pick and choose length and no weights at all - body only - works well when I'm staying down in the city.

Lisa, is Boost Metabolism more weights?? The thing about 30day is my knee hurts like you know what when Im done, so I have not done it in a while. I think all the jumping it what bothers me.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

At WW meeting. Just weighed in. Post dinner and workout. Down 2.2. 200.8. Yay! On track for 187 by the half.

Lisa. Gym. Tell us more.

Kelly. What happened to the little boy? Omg makes me want to cry.

Elizabeth , you mean 2011 half, right? Kat means this March.

Going to look at netbooks tonight!

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

YES YES YES I just did 2 miles in 30Mins 59 sec on the treadmill, I think its been 9 years since I have done that much on a treadmill, walking and running. I can't believe it. Please God give me the strength to do it again

Amiee do you have a smoothie recipe??

 

[HockeyKat]

Liz, YAY! on the loss. 187 is totally doable. Good luck with netbook shopping, call if you have any questions.

 

[lisaviolet]

I still have 1000 calories left for my day. Too busy to eat!! I had a WW soup for lunch and a small apple at 4PM.

Off to home and dinner...

WTH???? 1000 calories left????

Lisa, is Boost Metabolism more weights?? The thing about 30day is my knee hurts like you know what when Im done, so I have not done it in a while. I think all the jumping it what bothers me.

BM is a no weight workout Jo. All body weight only exercises. And there are ways around the knee issue. I am forever substituting exercises to make things my own. Just do that for any that kill your knees.

At WW meeting. Just weighed in. Post dinner and workout. Down 2.2. 200.8. Yay! On track for 187 by the half.

Lisa. Gym. Tell us more.

Kelly. What happened to the little boy? Omg makes me want to cry.

Elizabeth , you mean 2011 half, right? Kat means this March.

Going to look at netbooks tonight!

Fantastic on the loss Liz. Fantastic. Remember we talked about never ever taking any loss for granted again.

Gym not much to say. I chose it because it's a five minute walk and it's independent which means I can use rooms as much as I want when classes aren't on. Spinning bikes when classes aren't on - aren't off limits etc. And grab equipment and such. It's more tailored for men - more basics. Lord help me. I might actually have to talk to one.

I wanted the Y - much cheaper but it's across town (I can't believe I just said across town ) and I've biked in the snow and it's not the most pleasant experience - but a good workout. I just didn't want it to be a reason not to go. I can walk five minutes in a storm but biking I would probably stay in.

 

[lisaviolet]

Jo - I really don't communicate all that well. If jumping jacks - or lunges - or whatever are hurting put in a boxing move or kickboxing. Something tough but doesn't hurt you. I'm laughing - you know why I substitute - are you ready? - because I used to jump rope and one day I saw my face moving and moving and I vowed I would never do another exercise that moved my face up and down and all around. Irish - very very very thin skin. Ridiculous and vain - yes I'm aware.

Here's the lovely of BM DVD for me. Each interval is six minutes or so . I have now used the tape three ways already. It's a 40 minute tape. But I've never used it that way. I have chosen my favourite four intervals. Sometimes I do the four which by the time you press the next etc and cool down works out to a 30 minute workout and sometimes I do them twice for an hour.

Now a third way.

This morning a lightbulb went off. I've been looking for a daily wakeup to do like two weight moves - just to start the day - and then add my regular routine later and I was thinking "hmmm" and I went "voila" - OMG - Jillian. So this morning I did the six minutes here and then went to the gym to do my workout workout. I used to do that years ago - had something I did everyday - no excuses and adding - or didn't add from there. So on off days - or lazy days or busy days something - even so small - was done.

I'm adding pilates and classical stretch back in and the six minutes Jillian is a perfect start to these more gentle routines on in between days.

 

[amykab]

Okay, checking in again. Totally lame though, what is this like the 4th page??

Age: 32
Height: just about 5'11"
Weight: 185ish
Personal Stats: Married for almost 7 years, one DD, Delena who is 2!
Live in: Palm Harbor, FL (about an hour and 15 min from WDW)
Favorite Park:EPCOT
But I Love: Walking down Main Street in MK especially since weve had Delena'
Passions: I guess you could say I am passionate about running. I've done 4 half marathons since November 2008, soon to be 5 once I do the princess half in march. Also LOVE to read. Books and FanFic (see my Tag). I also love camping and doing outdoorsy stuff. Also passionate about the beer i drink. I am a beer snob.

Important to know: I am OBSESSED with Edward Cullen.

Weight loss plan and goals: Lost 47 as of May 09, and basically maintained within about 5 pounds over the summer and have now gained about 8 or 9. Trying to get to 170s by princess half.

RONDA: AWESOME job on the Donald!!! Love the bling pics!

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Jo - I. I'm laughing - you know why I substitute - are you ready? - because I used to jump rope and one day I saw my face moving and moving and I vowed I would never do another exercise that moved my face up and down and all around. Irish - very very very thin skin. Ridiculous and vain - yes I'm aware. .

LOL on the jump rope. Well if my knee did not bother me, I am sure my b**bs bouncing up and down would knock my out sooner or later. HA ha

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Potty training.... When will it be over!!